Bethlen Almanac 1998 (Ligonier)

The Hungarian Reformed Federation of America

My area of research has been of Timar, Szabolcs Megye; Komloska, Zemplén Megye; Damoc, Zemplén Megye and Makkosjanosi in Bereg Megye for both Immigration and Church Records.

This work has taken place at the National Archives in Washington, D. C. and the Family History Center in our area, which has a wealth of information on Immigration and especially Church Records from all around the world. The Internet has also proved to be very helpful in my research.

Cindy Torok, wife of Board Member Rev. Stephan Torok, of Perth Amboy, N. J. has become an avid genealogist after just one visit to the National Archives this past spring.

For anyone interested in genealogy, I would be happy to respond to any inquiries about how to proceed with their research.

My e-mail address is mmpaull@castle.net or the street address is Mrs. Margaret Pauli, 84 Center Street, Metuchen, N. J. 08840.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to the members of the Federation, who, through their kindness, gave of their time and effort to assist me with this genealogical endeavor.

Helen and Bill Szuch and their son Jim, I thank for all the pictures, literature and information on Sharon, Pennsylvania where my grandparents lived and my father was born.

Clara and Bela Csikesz, thanks for the help in researching the Churches and Cemeteries in the Homestead, Pennsylvania area where my husband’s grandfather Michael Muszka, we assumed, arrived, worked and perished in a coal mining accident all in a short span of time.

Emma Aros, thank you also for researching Cemetery and Department of Vital Statistics records for the Muszka and Peter Bodnar families in Lorain, Ohio and the pictures that will become part of our family’s treasured genealogy.

To Susan Wyttenbach goes a debt of gratitude for making me aware of the Family History Centers.

The assistance of all these friends has proved that we all love and respect our Hungarian heritage and hope that this love will be passed on to future generations.

Hungarian Heritage-Leaving a Legacy

My thanks and gratitude go out to all who so graciously and with sincerity expressed their acknowledgement of the article “Treasures of the Archives Re-Visited” (printed in the last issue of the Fraternity - the official publication of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America.)

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